The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1923, Page 7

ARGER CROWD Audience Swelled to 12,000, Was Wounded In Bold | snow Wednesday Night From the gay and sprightly scenes in which t graceful h dancers disported to tuneful music soulstirring episode in ham Lincoln watched the negroes in t the South, the great pageant feanus’ in held a huge audience spellbound in the University of Wash. inton stadium Wednesday night. The spectacle moves more smoothly with each performance as the great cast of thousands of actors and sing ers learn the intricate steps of the Production more thoroly. Wednesday's audience numbered approximately 12,000 persona, Sreatest crowd that has yet attended the spectacie, enthusiastic visitors from Puget sound cities as far north as Port An- geles fled into the stadium Wednes- day night. BRASLAU CHARMS CROWDS WITH HER SINGING Tho great singing of Sophie Bras. Jau and David Elprin were again the gutstanding features of the spectacie. ound an Alarm,” sung by Elprin, drew thunderous applause from the great crowds, Braslau, in the role Of an Indian maiden, cast a spell over the great bow! with her singing. Despite the fact that the audience, Seated in the great curve of ¢ Stadium opposite the stage, cannot hear the voices of the speakers for some seconds after they have spoken, yet the excellent acoustics of the reat bowl carry every word plainly to the ears of the listeners. The lively scenes of the Spanish dance episode relieve the more or less tense atmosph created by the battle scenes and War episodes of the spectacle. These graceful dancers; number Ing 200, under the tutelage of Miss Joyce Avis, movie star, weave to nd fro in the graceful Spanish scene, tripping to lively airs played by the huge orchestra. Spants! which in t over fields of | “Amor ¢ cotton The ever-increasing crowds that! @re attending the spectacle each evening show plainly that it ts Meeting with the hearty approval ox Seattle and the Northwest. ‘The producers, actors, manage. ment and all who are connected with the play and responsible for its Production, are all being loudly commended by visitors who have attended the spectacle. HERE’S MORE ABOUT VETERANS STARTS ON PAGE 1 country—men the public hag been ¥ed to believe have been vocationally rehabilitated—are still standing @round {n'a daze, wondering what the problem {s al} about, and hun- dreds of millions of dollars has been thrown into the process of creating this psychological state of amaze. ment and wonder on the part of the disabled men of the nation, and @ corresponding psychological state | of innocuous desuctude on the part of the agency supposedly work- ing in the interests of their voca- tional rehabilitation. WANTS SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING RESULTS In talking with thousands of dls- a@bied, men in and out of hospitals and in all parts of the country, from coast to coast and from the Gulf of Mexico to Seatt: the con. $tant, never-ending, uncea: or of the disabled men I have heard has been for some scientific system @f voocational rehabilitation. Some. hing that gets somewhere {s his plea; something that s{mulifies, in. stead of adding to the complexities of his existence. Something that will release him from an overwhelm- ing load of academic buncombe, an inextricable mass of rules, regula- tions, limitations and an unending roll of red tape that the disabled man must unwind before he con- Nects with the thing the congress of the United States hag declared he shall have. Signs multiply that there will be return to the pension sys- tem of the civil and other wars fg a result of the increasing tendency of the veterans’ bureau to admit failure in solving the aaa rehabilitation prob- lem. Vocational training Is the thing in which the disabled man hag the deepest and most abiding interest. He knows, {f the veterans’ bureau Goes not, why he is not getting any- where as a general proposition with respect to vocational training. He hopes the next congress will pro- vide some really scientific means for accomplishing yocational rehabilita- tion, and trembles in the fear that there will be a retuurn to the old pension system after a final ac- knowledgement of failure, with the consequent history of hundredy of millions of dollars thrown into a scheme of futile experiment. ury Deadlocked in Mine Slaying Trial LEWISBURG, Va., July 26—The ury deliberating the fate of Will- m Blizzard {9 deadlocked, H. R. larrah, foreman, reported to Judge Bharp this afternoon The judge said he would take no ction in the case immediately. Bliz- ar dwas tried for murder in con- pection with the Logan county niners’ Insurrection of August, 1921. Creator of Duffs Sick W. R. Allman, creator of the comic strip, “Doings of the Duffs,” is confined to his home by illness. Allman has been all- ing for several weeks, but has kept up his daily comic strip. Now it becomes a physical im possibility for him to carry on, for the time being. He has been ‘ordered to take absolute rest, Under the circumstances the "Doings of the Duffs’ does not appear in The Star today, and will not appear until Allman is able to resume work, VIEWS PAGEANT the! Large delegations of| THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928. ‘MAN DIES FROM | “BANDITS! SHOTS HERE'S MO) HARDING STAR ON PAGE 1 THE RE ABOUT PROGRAM hibits of the Northwest Producta|ton st, west on E. Boston to N. and then will make their way | Broadway, North on N. Broadway to } to First ave. and Blanchard at. to} Roane! st, west on Roanoke st. to Highway Holdup prepare for the parade thru the city’s | Boylston ave, N, north on Boylston - treets Jave, N. to Franklin ave. north on 2 two bandits who held up) ‘Thousands of Seattle and outof-| Franklin ave. to Harvard ave. |three cars north of Kverett Monday |town people will be on hand to wit rth on Harvard to Eastlake over became murderers Wednesday night [ness the review of the t and to) the University bridge, north on 10th when Finley McFee, who was shot | greet Harding as he steps onto Seat-|ave. N, K to Ravenna Blvd, weat heu the lungs by e of the men, |tle soil jon Ravenna Blvd to BE. Green Lake died at the Arlington hospital from] It is believed that the shores along} Way, west on 1. Green Lake Way his wounds. Mrs, MoFee, who was/the waterfront and the hills above|to W. Green Lake Way, north to en shot thru the thighs by the thugs,|the Sound will be lined with persons | trance to Tourist camp, Woodland will recover, hospital attendants re-}and the downtown streets will be! park, thru irist camp and Wood port. thronged with others to see the presi: | land park to boys plenic ground, ar- MoFee was bookkeeper for the | Lyman Lumber Co. at’ Hamilton The sensational holdup occurred }early Monday morning on the high way north of Everett, Mr, |Mra, C, B, Skelton and Walter J O'Brien, of Spokane, were the first They stopped their car when they saw a suit case in middle of the road. As Skelton got out of his machine to tnvestigate, two armed bandits stepped from the roadside and covered him, Nearly $2,000 was taken from Skelton Before the holdup was concluded another car, with H. G. Royal of Lyn den driving, appeared. The bandits jcovered Royal with their Mr, and Mrs, MoFee, coming the highway, attempted to pass, fear ng & holdup. jumped on the running board of tholr car and shot twice, both bullets tak ing effect. The bandits then forced Royal to drive them away, confis cated his car and disappeared after beating Royal over the head and leav ing him for dead. | Victims. down sheriffs of the Northwest have in men, one described as over six fect tall, with slant eyes, the other de- scribed as short and stocky, A hat found near the scene of the robbery has been Identified as having been purchased by a Bellingham man who is Deing sought by the authorities. HERE'S MORE ABOUT BLACK ROD STARTS ON PAGE 1 the statesmen of Canada hold forth When Harding agreed to vis Can- ada the first action of the king and gentleman usher to make tracks for the coast to see that the proper cere- monies were observed. Without his black rod the gentle man usher is best known as Col. J | ®. Chambers. It was with consider lable difficulty that he was located. [Inquiry at police headquarters availed nothing except to show the awe in which the usher was held. quarters brought the response that it was necessary to find Colonel Chambers. He had decreed that but three newspaper passes to the dock should be issued. to all of Canada. “Who {s {his hird Chambers?” the desk sergeant was asked. “My word, he ts not a bird. He Is the gentleman usher of the black rod from Ottawa,” came the sur prised reply. tually found in the Vancouver hotel, fondling an engrossed speech, bound in leather, which he Right Hon. W. L. McKenzie King, also of Ottawa. | After some debate he agreed to Is. |sue two more passes to the royal | dock, saying that he would rather shatter Ment than spend | rest of his life in argument. | Then he disconnected his telephone | and returned to his boudoir to foil | | turther interruptions. | The dominion, according to all re- | ports and appearances, is far mor exercised over the visit of Président Harding, than it was over the Brince of Wales. Nobody disturbed the gentleman lusher when the hard-riding prince hit town. } HERE’S MORE ABOUT HARDING STARTS ON PAGE & —$—$——$—$$—$—$——— He is to get here the first round of golf in many days. been neglected since he started from Washington, more than a month ago. He had one or two rounds | before embarking for Alaska, but none since. This afternoon he will | play at the Shaughnessy Heights | club, He will be the guest at dinner to. | night of the Dominion government, | represented by most of its high of |fictals, including Hon. W. C. Michal, lieutenant goyernor general of Brit ish Columbia. Following the din- ner there will be a ‘reception at which ‘the President and Mrs, Hard ing will receive several hundred ‘anadian citizens, SIT TO INCREA v FR TIONS Mr. Harding regards his call here today as more than a mere exchange of social courtesies. He regards as important anything which will tend to cement more closely the friendly relations and good understanding be. |tween the peoples on both sides the jinvisible and unguarded border line. As he has frequently said in his speeches, Mr, Harding has made his entire journey as an ‘‘apostle of un- derstanding.’ This was true in his Jefforts to explain to the American | people in his speaking tour across country the policies and activities of his administration. He was secking there a closer un. derstanding between: the people and |their government. In Alaska, he |Sought to bring about the same sort | of understanding, to supplant misun. |derstandings he felt were standing jin the way of Alaskan development, | Here in Canada, he believes that | his vinit today will be an example to |the world of the friendship of tw | great free nations, living side by sida lin perfect amity with a %,000mile frontier between them across whigh not a single gun is pointed, Today should verve, he feelw: to emphasiye | this to theerest of the world, where | post-war jonlousies and hatreds fre stilt aflame. FAMOUS HOME BURNS REDDING, Conn, July | 26,— “Stormfield,” the home of Mark Twain, was destroyed by fire of un. known origin yest * Sheriff McCullock an@ police and/| creased their efforts to find the two} Nobedy seemed to know where he | kept his black rod, but he was evon-| was to deliver | by proxy for the prime minister, the | the} | and | the | One of the desperadoes | | the privy council was to cabla the| The members’ council of the Cham. |#% ‘he party passes. The Ballard | ber of Commerce will entertain Sec- will be at Firat ave. and Belt | |retary, Hérbert Hoover at the Ma-|*t; Eagtes No. 1 at Second and sonic club, Areade building. Columbia; Eagles No. 2 at Second (MRS, HARDING WILL jand Marion; Ballard Eagtes! drum NOT BE PROMINENT rps, Second and Madison; Moose Mrs. Harding will take no part In|band, Second “and Spring; Moose | . Requests for passes at police head: | weapons, | {2° Ceremonies at which Mra | roped out dential reception, Preceded by the police pilot officials of the day, martne tary bands and detachments of ma rines, sailors and soldiers, the presi dont will start the parade at 10:30 DAY V L BE FULL OF ACTIVITY FOR AL ear, and mill From then on, Harding and his party will have & day crammed full of activities, After the procession thru the city’s down town streets the president will be taken to Volunteer park, where he will greet the school children of the city. Hundreds of the city's mehool girls, dressed in white will be at the park to take part in Hard 12 00 at 5 the president will quit the riving at this point noon, Atl? boy's gathering at Woodland park for a five minute stay at the Ortho- pedie hospital, The route to be fol- lowed ts South on Fremont ave. over the Fremont br to Dexter ave,, south on Dexter ave. to Roy at. west on Roy st. to Taylor ave., north on Tay lor ave, to Fifth ave. N, north on Fifth ave, N. to Boston st, west on Boston st. to Warren ave,, south on Warren ave. to Crockett st, to Chil jdren’s Orthopedic hospital, arriving 12:30, n make tts way which at this point at The party will th |to.the New Washington hotel, ing will be presented with @ glant/ will be the distributing point for the offering of flowers. different deta which will at Then the visitors will be taken to nd the v 1 yeons in the Woodland park, where F rt Engle, | city The row to be followed at the year-0ld Seattle boy, n by the | hotel tx Elks, will present the chief executive to tho boys of the state, congregated there In his honor Harding will address the 60,000 boys assembled at Woodland park at noon and a few minuutes later will! move on to the Orthopedic: hospital where he will spe five minutes cheering the little inmates of the place At 1:20 the prestdent will proceed to the Seattle Press club, where he will be the guest at a dinner party. Only members of the club will be per- mitted to attend. Four other luncheons are scheduled for this period, Henry T. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, will be a guest at the Rainier club. Admiral | Hugh Rodman, ranking naval officer, Gen, Charles E. Sawyer, the prost dent’s physiclan, Malcolm Jennings, another member of the party, and George B. Christian, the prosident's | secretary, will also be present at thi fete. ‘The Sunset club will entertain the women members of the party, Mrs Herbert Hoover, Mrs, Hubert Work, Mra.-Rodman, Mra Sawyer, and Mra Jennings will all be honor guests. | the Seattle activities other than to ride with her husband in the parade in the morning and ait with him on stadium platform in the after-| noon More than 40,000 persons are ex: pected to throng to the stadium in the afternoon when Harding will give his official Seattle address at 4] o'clock. Administration policies oa the development of Alaaka will be! the keynote of thin addreas, ‘Every one will t the talk, as the president will deliver it thru specially installed magna voxes. The speech will be delivered trom a} setting of the White How: of the pageant “America be ing shown in the stadium. A spec 4 section has been er of the big sof the G. A | of the| able to clearly heg 6 weene " now al reser bow! for 5,000 memb R. and wounded vete world war, Mayor E. J. Brown will present Harding to tho stadium crowd. WILL GET REST BEFORE TRAIN GOES Following the address the prest-| dent will leave the stadium for his} train and will be given a short rest before the special pulls out of the| Seattle station for California, where the party will spend Sunday in Yo mite National park ans |2 to 4 p Leaving this point at 12:35. West on Crockett st. to First ave. N., north on First ave. N, to Smith st, west on Smith st, thence around Queen Anne Blvd. to Seventh ave. W, and Highland Drive, east on High- land Drive to Sixth ave. W., south on Sixth ave. W, to Prospect at., east on Prospect st. to 6th ave. W,, south on Fifth ave. W, to Kinnear Place, east on Kinnear Place to First ave. ¥., south on First aye. W. to Queen Anne Drive, south on Queen Anne Drive to Roy st., east on Roy st. to Warren aye, south on Warren aye to First ave. south on First ave. to Codar at. cast on Cedar at. to Sec-| ond ave., south on Becond ave. to the Hotel Washington, Second and Btqw- arriving at thia point at 12:4 tL. Swerea is chairman of the and transportation commit. Assisting him are © SHiver H. Dockery, Jr, commander of Fort Lawton, and Lieut. Gol. William H. Booth, 8, N. personal officer, 13th Naval district, assistant chief of staf Bands the 1 will be distributed | along of march to furnish music drum corps, Second and University; Knights of Pythias, Olive and Stew. art at. The consolidated navy band will music at the stadium from m, and the military band play at the King at from 6 to T p. m . 20,000 Girls to Greet President When tho president and Mra Harding arrives at Volur or park, Friday, 000 Beate school girls, whi will greet them Harding with attle flowers. ower the pres n with blossoms. in charge St. present boqueta Mrs. of Then th idential process The affair is Keith Bullitt. At the park en. trance, 14th and Prospect st., & committee of 14 girls will present the gifts to Mra, Harding. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs, Hubert Work, Mrs. Sawyer and Mrs. Rodman, who will be in the party, will re. ceive lels from the children. A parasol, mi entirely of flowers will be presented Mra. Harding on behalf of the Seattle Garden club. Children participating are urged to be mt the park at 10 o'clock ‘that ave, All plans for the day’a entertain. ment are in the hands of a special Chamber of Commerce committee} named for the event. The ac | of the day have been s0 5 1 that the president will carry away with him a panoram view of the me. tropolis of the Northwest, featured by the most scenic of the city’s beauty #pot: | The line of march has been s | arranged and the routés between the| different ots have been so fixed His golf has| t thousands will Be able to catch a close-up view of the executive from | thelr front porches. ALL WILL G LOOK AT HARDING The line of parade has been so fixed that the fhousands who are xpected to thiyng the downtown streets for the event will all be ven vantage point to see the nation’s leader. | The order 6f units in the parade will be as follows: Police pilyt car, chairman and} vtaff, 7th Infantry consolidated band Engincers Lev talion 4th Infantry battalion marines, consolidated Camp 3rd bat-| Lawton, 1 sail. | band (200 | president's presidential | rs, army cars, Na-{ tional Guard car, Grand Army car, | Spanisk American war veterans’ car, | disabled war veterans car, Amert- | can légion car, Veterans of Foreign Ward car, air service car, executive committee car. PARADE ROUTING GIVEN COMPLETE The complete routing will be: Ft battalion 1 n ar 18S Parade will move promptly at 10:40 a, m. Head of parade rests at/Firet and Blafichard st. Route of march—South on First ave, to Cherry st. east on Cherry st. to Srcond ave, north on Second ave. te Stewart st. east on Stewart st. th Olive st, t on Olive st. to INfth av Arriving at this point at 11:15— when the head of column reaches Fifth ave. armed troops will be formed on the north and south sides of Olive st, while the presidential party passes, After passing thru the parade line of march all automobiles will take the following route in their lines as assembled: Bast on Olive st, to Olive way, Kast on Olive way to B John st., east on E, John at. to With ave, N, north on 14th ave, N. to Volunteer park, arriving at this point at 11:30 a, m. After the ceremonies at Volunteer park the party will depart at 11:40 for Woodland park over the follow- ing route: North on 16th ave. N. to B. Bow |the m: resident's arri all may be ® ready for the Fan ne a HERE’S MORE ABOUT WIFE STARTS ON PAGE 1 Cook forgivi baby Informed Masfartane I want her t and to our home “T will or. eturn to of his wife ppear- fraught with since once left home the same way months completely dis- Thi ance pe in uliar ciroumstances, before she and for six appeared from sight about 15 months ven the baby was 18 months old. On that occasion Mra. Cook was gone for a period of and Cook codings, bwence and ix mon divorce 4 instituted le to ex appearance D plain her Then as mysteriously as when she left, she returned, and begging |Camp Lewis, headquarters troop 6th | forgiveness, was taken back Into the home, She refused to explain her disappearance, but It was learned that part of the period she hud been in California ‘The second disappearance of tho woman was progased by her receipt of letter, two weeks ago, from an unknown man, Since letter arrived, Mrs. Cook has been extrem: nervous and excit able, She would be startled by the least unexpected noise “and” would gaze unsecing into. space for min utes at a time, Cook sald Cook a mysterious learned of the letter when searching in a drawer for somo writing material a fortnight ago. He saw the strange handwriting and asked about it. Mrs, Cook be. came greatly agitated, took the let ter from his hands and destroyed it before he had an opportunity to learn its contents, he told Mac. farlane. Police of Bellingham, Wenatoheo, Los Angeles or San Franctseo have been asked to search for the Woman, since Cook believes she may visit these places, She may use the name of Alice Miller, her maiden name. When sho left home Mra. Cook was wearing a blue whipeord or serge sult, Sha is about five feet in height, dark complexioned and has curly dark hatr, “Whoever has broken up this home should be punished,” Maocfa lane says, “The girl's mother as sures mo that her relations with her husband were most harmonious, but | that the girl 1s under some sinister Influence, which compels her to do: wert her home and family. SEATTL of Mrs.| happened | STAR RUHR TRAFFIC BAN IS LIFTED Foodstuffs Now Entering| Forbidden Zones BERL duly 26—The traffic blockade imposed upon the Ruhr by French and Bel lan troops wae lift jed at midnight, allied authorities an. nounced here today. A serious food shortage in the oc cupled areas resulted from tmpont: | tion of the blockade, and hoards | foodstuffs were piled high the! limitations of the forbidden zones. T could not enter unless the ocecuplers' tax was paid, and this the Germans had refuyed to do. Tt is this ban on traffic which has deen rained. BRITISH AWAIT ALLIED ANSWER BY WEBB MILLER PARIS, July 26,—Accoord has| been reached by France, Belgium jand Italy on the subject of their re. |plies to Great Britain, with refer. Jence to the British reparations note to Germany, it was stated semi-offi- cially today Premier Potneare, storm center of dispute, announced he tx going to| the country for a few days’ rest. In wellinformed circles it in un-| derstood separate replies to England | will be sent by France and Belgium. | JAP WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE Cherries sprinkled with rat poi fon, which she ate In an attempt to commit suicide, probably will cause the death of Mra, C. Okasawa, 36, 119 15th ave. wife of a Japanese Jewelry merchant. Mrs, Okasawa Wednesday evening ate the cherries and then entered |her husband's automobile and drove down Jackson st. She collapsed at the wheel and was taken at to Provi dence hospital by policemen, The woman had been despondent be cause her husband had been absent on a business trip, the pdlice were! told. PARIS, July A self-ntyled Ru: manian baron, Ledoux, and his s0- called secretary, were arrested here today charged with robbing Doris Arada Kemp of San Francisco and} Palm Beach of diamonds valued at | $7,000, The gems were taken after the| | American woman had been rendered | unconscious by a drug slipped into| ja drink at a ten party at ber apart ment. She met the baron at a dance. JOHNSON FLAYS HARDING COURT Favors Isolation of U. S. in World Affairs The taola Hiram NEW tontat YORK. program Johnson will stand agains: the world July 26 upon which court and the league of nations was the Califo speech since hia return from Burope, before w gathering of his friends last night. Charging that the international ourt Was worse than the league of nations, as far ag entangling the United States in European affairs, Johnson said “I suggest to my conservative brethren that recent events indi cate they must choose whether pro gressive things shall be done in a conservative way or in a radical way, You may hive to take pro- ereasivism or radicalism will take you.” Ho concluded with this summary: “The world court t an utterly futile agency for pehce—it cannot and will not prevent ware and it does not pretend, elther in tts organ ization or in its operation, to do so. “It has jurisdiction over nothing,” he continued, “except what countries may choone to submit to It The four great member nations, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, have specifically declined to submit to its compulsory Jurladic- tion, “Ite genesis in the league of na outlined by mia senator y in his firet ENTERTAINMENT FOR VISITING SAILORS AILORS on shore leave in Se I attle Thursday may divide thelr time between three main events of entertatinment, The are 520 p, m—Crew races on Lake Washington, starting at Leach! park a p.m mming races and other aquatt tal Pool, Second t e at the Cry and Lenora nt 9 p. m—Btreet dance at West || lake ave. and Virginia st Aut sight seein tours were to be conducted thru th day from the hospitality headquar ters, Third ave, and Yesler way | EX-KAISER AND | SON IN PARLEY | |Mysterious Visits at Doorn Alarm Dutch Officials AMSTERDAM, July %—The for. mer erown prince has made fre |quent mysterious visits to the for. |mer kalser at Doorn, it re | vealed today The exkulser, Ukewise, | receiving more than his | ber of visitors from Germany. These strange activities around the home of the exiled German rul er have caused @ feeling of alarm here, where it is feared they may in |some way be connected with mon- was h usual num been tons, It is a part of the machinery |archist uprisings in the fatherland of the sue of nations, It is the| ‘The crown prince has been noticed advinory body of the league. Its|coming and going from the castle opipions are based on the preroga- tives of the league. The law of the weue in in reality the law of the court and behind the league, con trolling and directing {t, are the | chancellories of Europe, with their secret diplomacy, thelr selfishness 4nd cupidity and hideous schemes of exploitation and conquest.” VISITOR OF WIFE SLAIN LIBERTY, Mo., July 26.—George Campbell, 26, shot and killed Albert | Dunn in front of the Campbell home here last night, when Dunn called to vieit Mra, Campbell. Albert Dunn, accompanied by his brother, Jesse, went to the house, they sald, at the request of Mrs, Campbell. She had asked them to bring her to Kansas City, as she planned to leave her husband, the brothers had stated. Campbell, according to authort. thes, had accused his wife of having an affair with Dunn, Following the shooting, the slayer fled, Organized posses were unable to find him up to early today. frequently, His latest call followed the mys jterious visit of the yacht Hohen. jzollern at Wieringen. After the call was concluded the yacht hoist ed the imperial flag and sailed for | Germany. The authorities here are at a loss to explain the significance of the occurrences, In Bavaria within the tast few weeks there have been numerous monarchist outbursts end the move- jment has reached such proportions that the newspapers are flooded with comment. Lad Is Killed on Merry-Go-Round A fall from a merry-go-round Wednesday proved instantly fatal to George Short, S-year-old son of Harry A. Short, 651 W. 74th st. The boy was riding on one end of the merry-go-round when the board became unbalanced by the fall of another boy. The plank struck the ground, throwing the boy into the air. The youngster struck the ground just as the plank fell from the post, crushing his head, PAGE 7 URGE CUT IN PRICE OF GAS Demand Reduction of 4 Cts. in Midwest and Southwest BY KAYMOND A. EAGAN CHICAGO, July 24—A onference to reduce present “exces the Midwest 4 cents a gallon was by independent refineries and gaso- national ive gasoline prices in and Southwest” opened here today oll producers, line distributers | Several hundred delegates are at- |tending. Officials of the National Petroleum Marketers’ association, | which called the meeting, said ways will be devised to wipe out “an ar- |tifielal roarket ted by @ group of refiners over which the independ jents have no control.” and to bring about the 4-cent reduction at filling stations, | “We have today the greatest over- production of crude oll in the his- tory of the world,” declared L. V. Nicholas, president of the associa tion. “The world market for crude oll 1s 80 cents a barrel, while in central parts of the United States jerude off is welling $1.65 and |$2.50 a barrel | “A small group of producera and refiners, over whom we have no |control, has established « restricted |district which reaches from North jern Texas to Pennsylvania, Crude joil prices in that district are un- |reasonably high and that’s why is high. Gasoline prices crude oil quotations, up or cr at gasoline follow | down. “Gasoline prices around here should be 4 or & cents lower, You can drive up to a filling station in New York and fill the tank on your jear for 2 or 3 cents cheaper than you can in Chicago or Kansas City, And New York 1s farther from pro- ducing centers,” Some expressed the bellef that if measures were not adopted at this conference to force lower prices thousands of persons who drive automobiles will find the cost of gasoline almost prohibitive. Distributors from rural districts: said prices are working hardships on farmers who rely on gasoline to operate 90 per cent of their farm machinery. Sentenced to Die PARIS, July 26—The casiher of a manufacturing firm of Moulins, Al- lers, has been condemned to death for stealing 50,000 francs. The sen- tence-is the first of its kind for gen- erations. The cashire, Doscheris by name, at- tempted to burn the company build- ing to destroy evidence against him- self. | FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE STORE HOURS: 9to5 TEA AND GRILL ROOMS—Fifth Floor HAIRDRESSING DEPAR! Floor MENT—Fifth LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONES—Fifth Floor REST AND W Floor DIRECTORY R. Fifth Floor } “AMERICANUS' at University EXHIBITION: every afterno sion free, RITING ROOMS — Fifth BE SERENCE LIBRARY— * DRAMA-PAGEANT— of Washington Stadium, every night this week, at 8 o'clock. PACIFIC NORTHWEST PRODUCTS —at Bell Street Terminal, on and evening. Admis- BOOK AND PERIODICAL SECTION— Fifth Floor ASK MR, FOSTER TRAVEL OFFICE— Fifth Floor BRANCH POSTOFFICE—First Floor BUREAU — First PARCEL CHECKING Floor FOUNTAIN LUNCH ROOM-—Downstairs Store *% NORTHWEST MERCHANTS’ TALITY Fifth Avenue. HOSPI- HEADQUARTERS — 1801 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOURIST INFORMATION BUREAU — Arctic Building, 607 Third Avenue. y for Stealing Cash’